Hairdressing article



Jan*. 13, 1931. I... L. HURST 1,788,835

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INVENTOR Patented Jan. 13, 1931 UNITED LILLIAN L.. miner, or sANaosn,CALIFORNIA.

HAIRDRESSING ARTICLE Application filed October 25, 1929. Serial No.402,487.

My invention relates to improvements in a hair dressing article, and theprimary object thereof is the provision of means for waving, curling,pressing and dressing hair that is efiicient, simple of structure,inexpensive to manufacture and readily applied, for the purposesmentioned, by the novice as well as by the professional.

With the foregoing and further objects Y and purposes in view which willappear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in theconstruction, arrangement and employment of parts hereinafter describedand claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodimentof the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of Whatis claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a bottom perspective view ofthe present hair dressing article;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of its upper side; o

Figure 3 is vice, closed;

Figure 4 is an edge view thereof, partly closed;

Figure 5 is a view approximately on line 55 of Fig. l; V i

Figure 6 is a medi an longitudinal sectional view a bottom plan View ofthe de- Figure 7 is a top plan view of a portion of the frame or rigidelement of the device;

Figure 8 is a plan view of a portion of the tongue or resilient element;and V Figure 9 is a sectional view approximately i on line 9-9 of Fig;7. V

Referringv to the drawings in detail, throughout which like referencecharacters designate like parts: r

The niimerals land 2 designate the frame element and tongue element,respectively, of the present hair dressing article. The frame element-1,.which is preferably substantially non-flexible and for which purposeit is provided with upwardly projecting flanges 3 extending along itsside edges, is bowed longitudinally and has its forward [end portionnarrowed transversely, the ex tremity'thereof being doubled back to forma comparatively flat loop l, the function of which will become apparentas the description continues,and has its opposite end portion providedwith a transversely extending slot 5 and portions of the elementintermedi- 5 ate said slot and the terminus .ofsaid end portion doubledtogether (see Figs. 7 and 9) to forma bearing-6, more or lesscylindrical in cross section, for rotatably supporting the looped end 7of the tongue element 2.

The element 2, which is preferably formed of sheet spring steel toimpart" thereto the proper resiliency, is also bowed or arcuatedlongitudinally, but which arcuation is considerably more acuteythanthearcuation or 5 bowing of its cooperable frame element 1, whereby whenits looped end 7 is pivotally mounted on therbearing (Sand it is causedto bear against the lower sideof the frame .ele-

ment 1 at 8 its free end 9 will be in spaced ,70

relation to, the loop 4 (see Fig.4). V

The elements 1 and 2 are considered to be in closed position when thedegree of ar'cuation of the tongue 2 is reduced to correspondsubstantially to the radius or arcuation of the lower side of the frameelement by spring pressingit thereagainstuntil its free'endE) may beentered in the loop 4 (see Fig.6). The loop 5 is intended to havesufficient play on thebearing 6 to permit the free end' 9 of the tongueelement 2 to be. moved transversely in' either direction relative to theframe element 1 (see brokenlines Fig. 3)

ino'rder to. permit it beinggentered in, or removed from, the'loop 4;. I

In applying my improved hair dressing article for the purposes setforth, the tongue element is slipped alongthe scalp [ofth'e subjectunderneath a selected divisionofthe 7 hair. v The framefelement l isthen pressed down on said hairto pinch it tightlyjbetween said elements,the free end ofthe tongue element is then caused to enter and engage theloop 4 for temporarily lockingsaid elements together with the hair boundfirmly therebetween. 'lj'he hair on either side of the device maythen-becombed out, waved,'puff,ed, or

treated or'dressed in any manner desired. Any number of thea'rticles,found des rable, may be employed for dressing the hair of a subject. Thedevices. may be removedat any time desired after dressing the hair, bydisengaging the free end of the tongue element from the loop 4 anddrawing the tongue from underneath the hair.

lVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A'hair dressing article of the character described, comprising, aframe element, and a tongue element pivotally supported thereby, saidframe element having upwardly pro-V jecting flanges extendinglongitudinally along the side edges thereof.

2. A hair dressing article of the character described, comprising, aframe element bowed upwardly longitudinally intermediate its ends andhaving upwardly projecting flanges on its side edges, and a cooperableflexible tongue element having one endpivoted on said frame element,said tongue element bowed longitudinally.

3. In a hair dressing article of the character described, acomparatively broadframe element arcuated longitudinally and havingspaced flanges extending longitudinally thereof, and a relatively narrowresilient tongue element having one end pivoted to one end of said frameelement, the free end of said tongue element being movable relative tosaid frame element for engaging it with a loop on one end of said frameelement for removably locking registering ends of said elementstogether.

4. In a hair dressing article of the character described, a frameelement formed of an oblong strip of flat metal and having an upwardlyprojecting flange extending longitudinally thereof, said element beingarcuated longitudinally, and a tongue element formed of a relativelynarrower oblong strip of 'r 'silient metal having one end formed into aloop for pivotally connecting it to one end of said frame element andwhereby said tongue element may be rotated into bearing engagement withthe lower side of said frame element.

- 5. In a hair dressing article of the char? one end pivotally mountedto rotate on a bearingon one end of said frame element,

1 whereby "said tongue element may be moved into operable position alongthe lower side of the frame element for binding hair therebetween,andmeans on the freeend of one of said elementsengageable with the freeend of the other element for removably locking said free ends toge'ther.

In testimony of the foregoing being my own, I have hereunto affixed mysignature this 14th day of October, 1929.

LILLIAN L. HUB-ST.

